Precalculus Final Exam Review
(Updated March 2016)
1. Some values for the variables x and y are presented in the table below.
relationship, what is the value of y when x = 9?
x
y
1
15
3
11
(a) y = 0
(b) y = 7
(c) y = 1
(d) y =
(e) y =
9
If x and y are in a linear
12
7
1
4
2. When we talk about a quantity associated with an object or a process, what are we talking about?
(a) Some part of the object or process
(b) Some attribute of the object or process that can be measured
(c) The number of objects present or the number of times the process is repeated
(d) The particular type of object or process being considered
(e) The broadest context in which the object or process makes sense
3. Suppose a box a crackers is sitting on the kitchen table. Which of the following would be a quantity
associated with the box of crackers?
(a) The salt on the crackers
(b) The weight in ounces of the box
(c) Ten boxes of crackers
(d) The cardboard in the box
(e) The kitchen in which the table sits that supports the box
4. The slope of the line 3x
(a) m =
4
(c) m = 3=4
4y + 8 = 0 is
(b) m = 3
(d) m = 4=3
(e) m = 8
5. Suppose the radian measure for an angle is
=
6 =5. What is the degree measure for this angle?
(a) a = 150
(b) a =
216
(c) a = 36
(d) a =
150
(e) a = 216
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Problems 6 and 7 refer to the following situation. You decide to rent a car from a company that
charges a $25:50 rental fee plus $0:05 per mile for every mile the car is driven.
6. Which of the following statements are true?
(a) The rate charged per mile driven is a …xed quantity
(c) The cost of renting the car is a …xed quantity
(e) Both (b) and (c) are true.
(b) The rental fee is a …xed quantity
(d) Both (a) and (b) are true.
7. Let d be the miles driven in the rental car, and let c be the cost in dollars of renting the car. Which
of the following formulas is correct?.
(a) 4d = :054c
(b) d = 25:50 + :05c
(c)
(d) Both (a) and (b) are true.
4c
= :05
4d
(e) Both (b) and (c) are true.
8. A particular cookie recipe calls for one cup of ‡our to start, along with an additional one-half cup of
‡our for every cup of sugar. Let x represent the amount of ‡our used (measured in cups) and let y be
the amount of sugar used (measured in cups). Which of the following statements is true?
(a) x and y are proportional.
(b) 4x and 4y are proportional.
(c) The y-intercept is the point (0; 0):
(d) Three cups of sugar correspond to 1:5 cups of ‡our used.
(e) All of the above statements are true.
Problems 9 and10 refer to the following situation. Cole is standing on a level playing …eld when he
throws a ball to Janice. The height H of the ball in feet above the ground s seconds after Cole throws
it is given by the function
H = f (s) = 5:5 2(s 1)2
9. The maximum height of the ball above the ground will be
(a) H = 2 feet
(b) H = 5:5 feet
(c) H = 3:5 feet
(d) H = 7:5 feet
(e) H = 10 feet
10. Janice does not catch the ball. How many seconds will pass before the ball hits the ground?
(a) t = 1 seconds
(b) t
2:5 seconds
(c) t
2:66 seconds
(d) t = 3 seconds
(e) t
1:87 seconds
11. Suppose that A is the degree measure for an angle. Which of the following expressions must be equal
to sin (A + 720 )?
(a) sin( A)
(b)
(c)
(d) cos(A)
sin(A)
cos(A)
(e) sin(A)
2
12. Suppose that b is the radian or degree measure of an angle. As along as all factors are de…ned, which
of the following expressions is equal to
cot(b) cos(b)
csc(b)
(a) cos2 (b)
(b) 1
2
(c) sin (b)
(d) tan(b)
3
(e)
cos (b)
sin(b)
13. Carlton is drinking a glass of water. When the glass contains 18 mL of water, he places it under the
water tap and starts re…lling. If 4 mL of water enters ‡ows into the glass every 2:5 seconds, how much
water will be in the glass 8 seconds after he started re…lling?
(a) 12:8 mL
(b) 30:8 mL
(c) 22:5 mL
(d) 10 mL
(e) 38 mL
14. The implied domain of the function y = f (x) = ln(2x
1) is the set of
(a) all real numbers
(b) all real numbers except x = 0
(c) all real numbers x > 0
(d) all real numbers x > 1=2
(e) all real numbers x < 1
15. Let a and b be distinct real numbers. Which of the following statements is true about the rational
function
3(x b)
y = f (x) =
(x a)(x b)
(a) The function f has a vertical asymptote only at x = a.
(b) The function f has a vertical asymptote only at x = b.
(c) The function f has a vertical asymptote at x = a and at x = b.
(d) The function f has no vertical asymptotes.
(e) The function f has an x-intercept at x = b.
16. Let u and v be the values of two varying quantities and suppose that u changes at a constant rate of
4:4 with respect to v. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) v =
4:4r
(b) 4v =
4:44u
(c) u =
4:4v
(d) 4u =
4:44v
(e) u = v
4:4
3
17. Sheryl is riding on a teeter-totter. Suppose is the measure of the angle between the ground and
Sheryl’s highest point on the teeter-totter, and suppose the bar between Sheryl and the pivot has slope
m = 2:8 when Sheryl is at the highest point. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) tan( ) = 2:8
(b) tan(2:8) =
(c) sin( ) =
(d) cos( ) =
2:8
1
(e) cos( ) = 2:8
18. At practice one afternoon, Jan ran seven laps on a one-half mile track at a constant speed of three
miles per hour. Which of the following is a constant quantity in this situation?
(a) the speed in miles per hour that Jan ran
(b) the total number of laps that Jan ran
(c) the total time that Jan ran
(d) the total hours required to run one lap
(e) all of the above
19. Suppose that a > 0. If we know that b = ac , then we also know that
(a) b = loga (c)
(b) c = logb (a)
(c) a = logc (b)
(d) b = logc (a)
(e) c = loga (b)
20. Let u be the radian or degree measure of an angle. Assuming all factors are de…ned, which of the
following expressions is equal to
sin(u)
1
+
+ tan2 (u)
csc(u) sec2 (u)
(a) cot(u)
(b) 2 tan2 (u)
(c) 2 csc(u) + tan(u)
(d) tan2 (u)
(e) sec2 (u)
21. What is the inverse function for y = f (x) =
(a) x = g(y) = 31 (2y
(c) y = g(x) =
(e) x = g(y) =
5
5
1
2
(3x + 5)?
5)
(b) y = g(x) =
2x
3
2
3x + 5
(d) x = g(y) = 21 (3y + 5)
y
6
4
22. Consider the triangle shown in the diagram below. To the nearest tenth, what is the length of Side a?
(a) a
29:4 inches
(b) a
69:6 inches
(c) a
83:0 inches
(d) a
37:9 inches
(e) a
24:6 inches
23. Annabeth needs to know the dimensions of a triangular piece of property whose boundaries are shown
below. She can measure two sides directly, but unfortunately, one side lies in a lake and cannot be
reached. To the nearest tenth of a foot, what is the length of the unknown side?
(a) c
108:8 feet
(b) c
149:8 feet
(c) c
163:0 feet
(d) c
100:0 feet
(e) c
130:9 feet
24. Nancy starts eating a bowl of soup at noon, and it takes her twenty minutes to …nish. Which of the
following is a varying quantity in this situation?
(a) the bowl
(b) the weight of soup in the bowl in ounces since noon
(c) the time
(d) the total time in minutes that passes while Nancy eats
(e) Nancy
25. As an ice cube melts, its mass in grams changes at a constant rate with respect to the number of
minutes since it began melting Five minutes after the ice cube began to melt, its mass was ten grams.
Seven minutes after the ice cube began to melt, its mass was seven grams. What was the constant
rate of change?
(a) 2 grams per minute
(b)
(c)
(d) 0:7143 grams per minute
1:5 grams per minute
1 gram per minute
(e) 1:4 grams per minute
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26. Suppose an angle in standard position lies in Quadrant IV. If is the radian or degree measure for
this angle and tan( ) = 4=7, what is the exact value of cos( )?
(a) cos( ) =
4
p
33
7
(d) cos( ) = p
65
4
(b) cos( ) =
3
(c) cos( ) = p
11
(e) cos( ) = 7
27. Consider the four graphs shown below. Which of these graphs have input intervals where the average
rate of change is negative and input intervals where the average rate of change is positive?
(a) None of the graphs
(b) Only Graph III
(c) Only Graph IV
(d) Both Graphs III and IV
(e) Both Graphs I and II
28. On which of the following sets is the graph of the function f (x) =
(a) the set ( 1; 1)
(b) the set ( 1; +1)
(c) the set (1; +1)
(d) the set ( 1; 1)
6x2 + 12x
4 decreasing?
(e) the set ( 1; 1)
29. Simplify the expression f (a
(a) f (a
1) = 4a2
(c) f (a
1) = 4a2 + 2a
(e) f (a
1) =
1) if f is the function de…ned by y = f (x) = 4x2 + 2x + 6.
6a + 8
6a2 + 4a + 8
6
(b) f (a
1) = 4a2 + 7
(d) f (a
1) = 6a2
4a
8
30. The graph of a function f is shown below. Use this graph to determine the average rate of change for
f as the input values change from x = 5 to x = 4.
(a) Average rate of change is 3
(b) Average rate of change is 0
5
(c) Average rate of change is
4
1
(e) Average rate of change is
2
(d) Average rate of change is
1
3
31. The purchasing power of one dollar at a point in time is the amount of money needed today to purchase
the same item. Let P represent the purchasing power of one dollar t years from 2015, and suppose
P = f (t) = 0:97t . Approximately how many years from 2015 will it take for the purchasing power of
the dollar to reach 79 cents ?
(a) Approximately 7:74 years
(b) Approximately 27:24 years
(c) Approximately 0:81 years
(d) Approximately 0:08 years
(e) Approximately 5:25 years
32. Darren notices that his son has let the bathroom sink …ll with water. Darren pulls the plug, and the
sink drains at the constant rate of 22 mL every three seconds. Let V represent the volume of water
(measured in mL) in the sink, and let t represent the number of seconds since Darren pulled the plug.
When the value of t increases from 8 seconds to 20 seconds, what is the corresponding change in the
value of V ?
(a) 4V = 12 mL
(b) 4V = 12 mL
(c) 4V = 88 mL
(d) 4V = 264 mL
(e) 4V = 88 mL
33. A bag of groceries is sitting on your kitchen table. Which of the following is a quantity?
I. The bag
II The volume of the bag in cubic inches
III The groceries in the bag
IV The temperature in degrees Celsuis of the egg carton at the bottom of the bag
(a) Only I and III
(b) Only II and IV
(c) Only I and II
(d) Only III and IV
(e) All are quantities.
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Problems 34 and 35 refer to the graph below, which shows the relationship between the weight W in
pounds of Milton’s cat, Murgatroyd, and the number m of months since Milton started using a new
cat food on January 1, 2013.
34. What is the meaning of the point (4:5; 15:1) on the graph above?
(a) Fifteen and one-tenth months after January 1, 2013, Murgatroyd’s weight was four and one-half
pounds.
(b) Four and one-half months after January 1, 2013, Murgatroyd’s weight was …fteen and one-tenth
pounds.
(c) There was a change of …fteen and one-tenth pounds as the number of months since January 1,
2013 changed from 0 to 4.5.
(d) There was a change of four and one-half months as Murgatroyd’s weight changed by …fteen and
one-tenth pounds.
(e) It took Murgatroyd four and one-half months to lose …fteen and one-tenth pounds.
35. As the value of m decreases from 10 to 3 months, what is the approximate value of
(a)
W =
1:2 pounds
(c)
W = 2 pounds
(e)
W =
(b)
W = 7 pounds
(d)
W = 1:2 pounds
2 pounds
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W ?.
36. Denise places seven grams of yeast in a Petri dish, and the mass of yeast in the dish increases 3% per
day for the next thirty days. Which of the following functions gives the mass M of the yeast as a
function of the number d of days since Denise placed the yeast in the dish?
(a) M (d) = 7 + :03d
(b) M (d) = 7 + 1:03d
d
(d) M (d) = 7:21d
(c) M (d) = 7 (0:03)
(e) M (d) = 7 1:03d
37. The implied domain of the function y = f (x) =
(a)
5
3 ; +1
(e)
3x + 5
is the set
x 1
(b) All real numbers except x = 1
(c) All real numbers
5
3; 1
p
(d) (0; +1)
[ (1; +1)
38. Based on the diagram below, which of the following statements is true?
(a)
(c)
1 radian
3 radians
(e)
(b)
3:2 radians
(d)
3 radians
2:25 radians
39. If the point (3; 4) lies on the graph of an invertible function f , then which of the following points lies
on the graph of its inverse function?
(a) the point (4; 3)
(b) the point (3; 4)
(c) the point (3; 1=4)
(d) the point ( 3; 4)
(e) the point (4; 3)
40. What is the formula for the inverse of the function w = g(u) =
(a) u = g
1
(w) =
5w
1
3
3
(c) u = g
1
(w) =
(e) u = g
1
(w) =
5w + 1
3
3w
1
3
3u
1
5
?
3w3 1
5
p
3
5 w+1
(d) u = g 1 (w) =
3
(b) u = g
3
r
3
5
9
1
(w) =
41. Suppose that the function f is de…ned by the formula y = f (x) = x3
by the graph below. What is the value of (f g)(2)?
x
2 while the function g is de…ned
1.0
0.5
-1
1
2
3
4
5
-0.5
6
t
-1.0
-1.5
Graph of g
(a) (f
g)(2) =
6
(b) (f
(c) (f
g)(2) =
3
(d) (f
(e) (f
g)(2) =
g)(2) = 1
g)(2) = 6
1
42. Polly erects a vertical ‡agpole on a stretch of level ground. A forty-foot section of rope is attached to
the top of the ‡agpole. When Polly pulls the rope tight so that the other end just touches the ground,
she …nds that the tight rope makes an elevation angle of 37:6 with the ground. To th nearest foot,
how tall is the ‡agpole?
(a) 21 feet
(b) 31 feet
(c) 40 feet
(d) 32 feet
(e) 24 feet
Problems 43 - 45 refer to the function de…ned below.
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< 2x 1 if
x2 + 4 if
f (t) =
: p
x + 5 if
x< 1
1<x
3<x
3
43. Which of the following statements is correct based on the formula for f ?
(a) f ( 1) =
3
(c) f ( 1) = 5
(b) f ( 1) is unde…ned
(d) f ( 1) = 0
(e) f ( 1) = 2
44. Which of the following statements is correct based on the formula for f ?
(a) f (f (0)) = 16
(b) f (f (0)) is unde…ned
(c) f (f (0)) = 3
p
(e) f (f (0)) = 5
(d) f (f (0)) = 4
10
45. Suppose that g(t) = 5t + 2. If f is the function de…ned above, then which of the following statements
is true?
(a) (f
g) ( 2) = 40
(b)
(c) (g f )( 2) = 40
g
f
( 2) = 40
(d) (gf )( 2) = 40
(e) (g + f )( 2) = 40
46. The salary of the vice president of the ShoeTunes corporation is given by P (t) = 60000 (1:03)t , where
P is measured in dollars, and t is the number of years since she was hired. Which of the following
statements is true?
(a) She will be receiving a 103% raise each year.
(b) Her salary next year will be 3% of her salary this year.
(c) Her salary next year will increase by 3% compared to her salary this year.
(d) Her salary increases by $1; 800 every year.
(e) Her salary increases by $61; 800 every year.
47. For the …rst six months it was in business, the number N of musical shoes that ShoeTunes manufactured
in a week increased with respect to the number t of weeks since the company was founded according
to the function N = f (t) = 5000 2t . Which of the following formulas will tell us the number of weeks
since the company was founded (t) when we know the number of shoes made in a given week (N )?
(a) t =
N
5000
(b) t = log2
(c) t =
log(N )
log(10000)
(e) t =
log2 (N )
10000
48. Writing the equation ln(2x
p
(a) 6 = ln 2x 1
p
(c) ln = 6 2x 1
(e) 2x
1=
N
5000
(d) t = log10000 (N )
1) = 6 in exponential notation gives us
1 = e6
(b) 2x
(d) 2x
1 = 106
6
ln
49. The number of customers buying from ShoeTunes is increasing exponentially. If the table below
gives some values for the number N of customers t years after the company was founded, what is the
approximate growth factor for N ?
t
N
(a) b
1:04
(b) b
(c) b
1:400
(d) b
(e) b
1:183
5
5; 378
0:845
0:600
11
7
7; 530
9
10; 541
50. Max does not trust his bank and decides to hide $10:00 in a very clean sock. At the end of each
month, Max adds 10:2% of the sock money to his sock. He leaves the sock alone for the rest of each
month. Let t represent the number of months since the $10:00 was …rst hidden in the sock, and let
A represent the amount of money in the sock. If we assume A = f (t), which of the following graphs
most accurately depicts the graph of f ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e) None of the above
51. Use the graph shown below to solve the equation f (x) = 1 for the input variable x.
y4
3
2
1
-1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4
x
Graph of the function f
(a) The solution is x = 0
(b) The solution is x
(c) The solutions are x
1:0 and x
(e) The solutions are x
0:65 and x
0
(d) The solutions are x
1:4
12
0:4
0:4, x
0, x
0:6, and x
1:25
52. If a rational function f is known to have a horizontal asymptote at y = 3, then which of the following
is a possible formula for the function f ?
(a) y = f (x) = x + 3 +
(c) y = f (x) = 3x +
x
3x
(e) y = f (x) = 2
x +3
1
x2 + 3
1
3
(b) y = f (x) = 3
1
x+3
(d) y = f (x) =
3
+3
x2
53. A street lamp rises vertically from a patch of level ground. When a …ve-foot tall woman stands eight
feet from the base of the lamp, she casts a ten-foot shadow. The angle of depression between the top
of the lamp and the tip of her shadow has degree measure
(a) exactly 30
(b) approximately 26:6
(c) approximately 63:4
(d) exactly 43
(e) approximately 37:5
54. The terminal side of the angle in standard position having degree measure
(a) Quadrant I
(b) Quadrant II
(c) Quadrant III
(d) Quadrant IV
= 770 lies in
(e) no quadrant — it is a quadrantal angle
55. If we simplify the expression log2 (x) + log2 (x)
(a) log2 9x2
log2 (9) so that it is a single logarithm, we have
(b) 9 log2 (x)
2
(c) log2
(e)
x
9
(d) log2 (2x
9)
log2 (x2 )
log2 (9)
56. The …gure below shows the graph of an exponential function f (x) = bx .
solution to the equation 1:5 = bx is
Based on this graph, the
y
5
4
3
2
1
-1
(a) x
(c) x
(e) x
3:25
3:50
0
(b) x
(d) x
1
2:50
1:41
0:75
13
2
3
x
57. Suppose that an angle in standard position has radian or degree measure A. If the point (2; 3) lies
on the terminal side of this angle, which of the following statements is true?
(a) tan(A) =
p
2
3
(b) csc(A) =
13
2
3
(e) cos(A) = p
13
(c) sec(A) =
3
p
13
(d) sin(A) = 3
58. After completing a pit stop, a racecar pulls back onto the racetrack. Let f be the function that gives
the distance in feet that race car has traveled since leaving the pit with respect to the time t in seconds
since the racecar left the pit. What is the meaining of the expression f (5) f (3)?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
the change in distance traveled from t = 3 to t = 5 seconds
the average speed of the racecar between t = 5 and t = 3 seconds
the change in distance traveled for 4t = 2 seconds
the change in distance traveled as the racecar moved from the 3-mile marker to the 5-mile marker
the change in time as the racecar moved from the 3-mile marker to the 5-mile marker
Problems 59 and 60 refer to the graph below. The graph gives Veronica’s weight W in pounds as a
function f of the number n days after January 1, 2012.
W
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
0
20
40
60
80
100 120 140 160 180
n
59. Which of the following statements is a correct interpretation of W = f (n)?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The expression means W equals f times n.
The expression means an input of n days since January 1, 2012 produces an output of W pounds.
The expression means an input of W pounds produces an output of n days since January 1, 2012.
Both Statements (a) and (b) are true.
Both Statements (a) and (c) are true.
60. What is the solution to the equation 120 = f (n)?
(a) n =
120
days since January 1, 2012
f
(c) n = 63 days since January 1, 2012
(b) n = 110 days since January 1, 2012
(d) Both Statements (a) and (b) are true.
(e) Both Statements (a) and (c) are true.
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61. If f (t) =
p
t + 8 and g(u) = 2u 1, then what is the rule de…ning the function h(t) = (g f )(t)?
p
p
(a) h(t) = 2t + 7 (b) h(t) = (2t 1) t + 8
p
(c) h(t) = 2t 1
(d) h(t) = 2t 1 + 8
p
(e) h(t) = 2 t + 15
62. Suppose that y = f (x) de…nes the values of y as a function of the values of x. Which of the following
expressions gives the average rate of change for f as the values of x change from x = 4 to x = 1?
(a)
f (1)
1
f (4)
4
(b) f (4)
(c)
y(1)
1
y(4)
4
(d) 1
f (1)
4
(e) Both (a) and (c)
63. The number D of deer present in Strawberry Field x years after 2000 is given by the function
D = f (x) = 250 + 65 2:135
x
As the number of years since 2000 increases, what happens to the deer population?
(a) The population increases, approaching 185 deer.
(b) The population decreases, approaching 250 deer.
(c) The population decreases, approaching 111 deer.
(d) The population increases, approaching 250 deer.
(e) The population decreases, approaching 0 deer.
64. For the table below, which of the following statements is correct?
x
y
0:0
1:0
1:0
2:0
7:5
6:0
1:0
7:5
(a) In the relation, x is not a function of y, and y is not a function of x.
(b) In the relation, x is a function of y, and y is a function of x.
(c) In the relation, x is a function of y, but y is not a function of x.
(d) In the relation, x is not a function of y, but y is a function of x.
(e) There is not enough information to tell whether one variable is a function of the other.
65. Let f be the function that gives the annual salary S in dollars for Arial with respect to the number m
of months she has been on the job. What would the function g(m) = f (m + 2) represent?
(a) The salary of Arial after two months on the job
(b) Two dollars more than the salary of Arial when she has been on the job for m months
(c) The salary of Arial two months after she has been on the job for m months
(d) An employee who has been on the job two months longer than an Arial, who has been on the
job for m months
(e) The salary of m + 2 employees
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66. If y = h(x) = 5x
4, then what steps must be followed to create the rule de…ning the function h
1
?
(a) Take the reciprocal of y.
(b) Divide y by 5, then add 4 from the result.
(c) Add 4 to y, then divide the result by 5.
(d) Add 4 to y, then divide the result by x.
(e) Take the reciprocal of y, multiply the result by 5, and then add 1.
Problems 67 and 68 refer to the table below. Let f be the function that gives the number N of cats
(in millions) owned in the US with respect to the number B of cat food brands available in the US.
Let g be the function that gives the number N of cats owned (in millions) in the US with respect to
the number t of years since 2000. The tables below provide some data for these functions.
Number of Brands Number of Cats (Millions)
1
4:0
4
5:0
6
10:2
7
9:7
8
11:3
Table for the function f
67. Based on the tables, what is the value of f
(a) 10:2
1
Years since 2000 Number of Cats (Millions)
1:0
5:0
1:5
9:1
2:5
9:1
4:0
9:7
5:0
10:2
Table for the function g
(g(5:0))?
(b) 4
1
4
1
(e)
10:2
(d) 6
(c)
68. Based on the tables, what is true about the expression g(f (4))?
(a) g(f (4)) = 5:0
(b) g(f (4)) = 9:7
(c) g(f (4)) = 4:0
(d) g(f (4)) = 10:2
(e) g(f (4)) has no real-world meaning.
69. Suppose an ant is sitting on the tip of a fan blade that is three feet long. The fan starts slowly rotating,
and the ant rotates through an angle having measure 143 before it falls o¤ the blade. Approximately
how far did the ant travel from its starting point to the point where it fell o¤ the blade?
(a) about 6:27 feet
(b) about 4:29 feet
(c) about
(d) about 2:50 feet
2:50 feet
(e) about 7:49 feet
70. Nichelle places an eleven-gram sample of bacteria in a Perti dish and applies a probiotic which causes
the mass of the bacteria to increase continuously at 11.5% per day. To the nearest tenth gram, what
will be the mass of the bacteria after one week?
(a) 26; 981:2 grams
(b) 4:9 grams
(c) 33:5 grams
(d) 24:6 grams
(e) 12:3 grams
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71. Astrea wants to spray paint her 400 square-foot garage door. The label on the spray can states that
64 ounces of paint will cover 500 square feet. If we let n represent the number of ounces of paint
Astrea has used, and we let A represent the unpainted area of the garage door (in square feet), which
of the following functions gives the value of A in terms of the value of n?
(a) A = f (n) = 400
500
64 n
(b) n = f (A) =
(c) A = f (n) = 400 +
500
64 n
(d) A = f (n) =
(e) n = f (A) = 400
64
500 A
64
500 A
500
64 n
72. It is known that x = 1 and x = 2 are potential solutions to the equation 1 = log2 ( x) + log2 (x
Which of the following statements is true?
3).
(a) Only x = 1 solves this equation.
(b) Only x = 2 solves this equation.
(c) Both x = 1 and x = 2 solve this equation.
(d) Neither solves this equation.
(e) There is not enough information to determine solutions.
73. Andre is riding a ferris wheel at a constant speed of 2:75 radians per minute. Let f be the function
that gives Andre’s vertical distance in feet above the horizontal line passing through the center of the
wheel as a function of the number of minutes since the ferris wheel started rotating. What is the
period of this function?
(a) about 6:27 minutes
(b) about 4:31 minutes
(c) about 2:29 minutes
(d) about 2:75 minutes
(e) about 0:44 minutes
74. If we solve the equation 32t
(a) Only t =
1
=
1
, which of the following statements is correct?
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3=2 solves this equation.
(c) Only t = 5=8 solves this equation.
(b) Only t =
(d) Only t =
5=2 solves this equation.
5=8 solves this equation.
(e) Only t = 3=2 solves this equation.
75. How does the output of the function f (x) = 2 cos(x + ) compare to the output of g( ) = cos( )?
(a) The output of f at x is twice the output of g at .
(b) When the value of x is less than the value of , the output of f at x will be twice the output
of g at .
(c) The value of x is more than the value of .
(d) The value of is more than the value of x.
(e) The output of f at xwill be twice the value of .
76. Let a and h be real numbers, and let y = f (z) = z 2
change of f between z = a and z = a + h?
(a) y = a
(c) y =
(b) y =
a2
2h
a
1. What is the formula for the average rate of
a2
1
h
(d) y = a2
(e) y = 2a + h
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1
77. The solutions to the equation log6 (x + 4) =
(a) x =
145
36
(c) x =
2 are
(b) x = 32
143
36
(d) x =
32
(e) nonexistent
78. If a and b are real numbers, then the vertical asymptote for the function h(y) = ln(ay + b) will occur
at
(a) y =
b
a
(b) y =
(c) y = a
(d) y =
a
b
b
(e) y = ab
79. A sinusoid function has the form y = f (x) = v + a sin (!x + ). Suppose we know that the graph of
a particular sinusoid completes three period repetitions for every one period repitition in the graph of
the basic sine function. What is the period of this sinusoid?
(a) the period is
3
2
(b) the period is 2
(c) the period is 3
(e) the period is
(d) the period is
2
3
2
3
80. The cost in dollars of a 1963 Mustang t years after January 1, 1963 is given by
C = f (t) = 3000 + 250 1:125t
When will the cost of the Mustang be double its original price?
(a) in early March of 1981
(b) in mid November of 1982
(c) in late May of 1983
(d) in early January of 1984
(e) in late April of 1985
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ANSWERS
(1) D
(21) A
(41) C
(61) E
(2) B
(22) A
(42) E
(62) A
(3) B
(23) E
(43) B
(63) B
(4) C
(24) B
(44) C
(64) C
(5) B
(25) C
(45) D
(65) C
(6) D
(26) D
(46) C
(66) C
(7) C
(27) B
(47) B
(67) D
(8) B
(28) C
(48) B
(68) E
(9) B
(29) A
(49) E
(69) E
(10) C
(30) D
(50) A
(70) D
(11) E
(31) A
(51) D
(71) A
(12) A
(32) C
(52) B
(72) D
(13) B
(33) B
(53) B
(73) C
(14) D
(34) B
(54) A
(74) A
(15) A
(35) C
(55) C
(75) B
(16) D
(36) E
(56) E
(76) E
(17) A
(37) E
(57) C
(77) C
(18) E
(38) D
(58) A
(78) A
(19) E
(39) A
(59) B
(79) E
(20) E
(40) C
(60) C
(80) E
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